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Potage, Ambassadeur

Plunge half pint split green peas in boiling water for five minutes. Thoroughly drain, replace in the pan with three quarts water, add one sliced carrot, one onion, two sliced leeks, two branches celery, two peeled potatoes, one bean garlic, two branches parsley and a two-ounce piece salt pork. Season with a level tablespoon salt and half teaspoon white pepper. Cover the pan and let gently simmer for one and a half hours. Cut a small carrot, small turnip, the white part one leek and one small white onion in exceedingly small squares. Place them in a small saucepan with three tablespoons raw rice, a pint water, half ounce butter, half teaspoon salt and two saltspoons pepper; lightly mix, cover the pan and boil for five minutes, then set in the oven for thirty minutes. Remove and keep hot. Strain the puree of peas through a sieve into another saucepan, add the contents of the vegetable pan to the soup, lightly mix and let boil for five minutes. Remove the stalks and wash half pint fresh sorrel, cut into thin julienne strips, add to the soup with a tablespoon sugar and half ounce good fresh butter; mix well, and let boil for fifteen minutes more, pour into a soup tureen and serve.